Hello, world, welcome to discover your talent, do what you love, number 680.

I'm your host, Don Hutchison.

Every Monday and Wednesday, I interview someone around the world

who's discovered their talents to do work they love to create a life of success, satisfaction,

and freedom. On Fridays, I interview a well-known expert from the fields of personal or business

development who share experiences, tools, and insights to help our listeners along

their journeys.

I'm delighted to bring you our featured expert, Minal Josie Yacli.

Welcome, Minal.

Hi, Don.

It's a pleasure to have you on the show again.

A few words about Minal.

Minal Josie Yachtley is the founder and CEO of Open Elevator, the data-driven platform for hiring for engagement to increase profitability and growth for companies and deliver job satisfaction and a sense of contribution for employees.

Minol has worked on multiple continents in various industries and functions over the last decades.

Her rich background has given her deep understanding of the value of engagement from when she was most passionate about her work and when she desperately wanted out from a soul-crushing environment.

Knowing there's already a lot written on the subject, Minnell's mission is to arm companies with an easy tool for hiring for

engagement so they benefit from the powerful impact of engagement on their company's results

and employees' quality of life. Well, Meenaal, today's topic is how to hire for optimal engagement,

which of course is what every company out there, from large to small, wants to do to increase profitability

and performance or also increased retention and job satisfaction. So take the stage and just talk

about the basic principles that you've experienced on how to do this. Yeah. So the thing is,

I want to start out by answering the most basic question of why is this even important?

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